The Gunslinger by Stephen King

TITLE:  The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1)

AUTHOR:  King, Stephen
GENRE:  Fantasy/Science Fiction

DATES READ:  4/3/2017 - 4/16/2017

MY RATING:  4/5

The first book in Stephen King's Dark Tower canon.  I've never read any of the Tower books before, so I'm intrigued and a little apprehensive. Thanks for the assignment from my Stephen King book club!

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The start of the Gunslinger's journey across the desert to capture the Man in Black. What a wild ride!

I feel like this book could be the start of a beautiful relationship for me. I may be a... Tower head? That's what my masterful book club leader called it. I'm still on the fence, but maybe I am...

King drew me in with the dystopian world, the futuristic bizarre language and the intensely complex character of Roland, the gunslinger. There are some really unique ideas at play here involving time and different worlds that may leave timid readers confused.

I like some weird stuff, and he lost me a little at the end with all of the time nexus, universe bending craziness. But the baseline story was a good time.

And let's face it... the man in black is such a great nemesis!!!

The world King created is epic, dystopian, futuristic and somehow manages "western" vibes. Recommended but with some reservations. Not sure everyone will get it.

Will read and write soon!

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